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Apr 5, 2016
www.shmoop.comOpal walks out to the tree with all the bottles on it, Gloria's "mistake tree" (26.1). Then she talks to her mom, tilting her head to the sky. She tells her even though she doesn't know enough about her, her daddy can tell her more because they both know she's not comin' back. She tells her they miss her, but the holes in her heart have filled (just like a Boston Crème doughnut, delicious), so she won't think about her as much as before. Opal enjoys a "sweet and sad" Littmus Lozenge and everyone sings while Opal listens. She's trying to learn it the best she can (26.33). And that's it. Friends made, lessons learned, heart warmed.
Then she remembers the "wait-and-see tree" she planted with Gloria. After crawling around, she finds it. It's small, but strong—hey! Just like Opal.
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As they walk, Opal tries to think of ten things she could write about Winn-Dixie to help find him (remember how she asked her dad to tell her ten things about her mom?):
(1) Has a fear of thunderstorms
(2) Likes to smile with all his teeth
(3) Is a fast runner
(4) Snores
(5) Can catch mice without killing them
(6) Likes meeting people
(7) Likes peanut butter
(8) Doesn't like to be alone
(9) Sits on couches/sleeps in beds
(10) Goes to church
(1) Has a fear of thunderstorms
(2) Likes to smile with all his teeth
(3) Is a fast runner
(4) Snores
(5) Can catch mice without killing them
(6) Likes meeting people
(7) Likes peanut butter
(8) Doesn't like to be alone
(9) Sits on couches/sleeps in beds
(10) Goes to church
Light bulb moment! That puny little list will never really help someone get to know the real Winn-Dixie. A list won't really help her get to know her mom either. More crying.
Finally he tells her to stop arguing; it's time to give up. Well, that sets off the fireworks in a big way. Opal starts screaming at the preacher about how he always gives up, he always retreats, and accuses him of not even looking for her mother when she left. Whoa there.
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Before she takes off to look for Winn-Dixie again, Gloria whispers wise advice in her ear: you can't force something to stay when it wants to leave—you've got to love it while you got it.
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Some things he gives thanks for are: summer nights, candlelight, good food, friends, "the task of loving each other the best we can, even as you love us" (22.16).
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Mrs. Thomas (Sweetie Pie's mom) jets, asking Opal to walk Sweetie Pie home at the end.
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Thanks to Miss Scarlett (from Gone with the Wind) and a barbecue she's gearing up for, Opal gets a fantabulous idea: she and Gloria need to plan a party! She'll invite all her friends, and Otis can play guitar for everyone. Brilliant.
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Opal sweeps for a long time to keep Otis company. She gets to thinking: it seems like everyone is lonely somehow. Ding! She thinks of her mama.
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www.shmoop.comAfter the preacher kisses her goodnight, Opal thinks sweet and sad things get all jumbled up, making life confusing. Show 1 more annotation
At Gloria Dump's house, Opal presents her with a lozenge. It tastes sweet but reminds Gloria of "people leaving" (18.8).
Her dad explains that "melancholy" means sad. He tells her he thinks of her mother when he tastes it and figures it must be "a bad batch," but Opal explains the history behind the candy (18.33).
Apr 5, 2016
www.shmoop.comMiss Franny tells them the secret ingredient: Sorrow. If they can taste it, they've felt it. (Sort of like seeing thestrals.) Opal spills her sorrows: moving, getting teased, missing her mom. Amanda says the lozenge makes her miss Carson, and then she hightails it out of the library. Uh, who's Carson? Opal wants to know how Littmus put sorrow into candy, and Miss Franny tells her that no one knows—that's why he became so rich. Show 1 more annotation
Opal likes the taste—root beer and strawberry—but something about it makes her sad. Snotty Girl has the same experience, even though Opal can't imagine what Amanda would be sad about.
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Miss Franny claims the word 'war' should be a swear word.
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Miss Franny says he can be a fan-hog all he wants, and he won't go bald because of it. Sometimes as they visit, Miss Franny has "a fit," when she stops talking, gets forgetful, and shakes (15.2).
Miss Franny, Librarian Extraordinaire, recommends Gone With the Wind. It's about the Civil War, and Miss Franny brags that her great-grandfather, Littmus W. Block, fought in that war. Do we hear another story coming?
Apr 5, 2016
www.shmoop.comShe stops in front of an old tree with bottles hanging all over it—beer, whiskey, and wine bottles. Whoa! That is a lot of bottles making creepy noises as they clink and clank together. Gloria tells her this tree keeps her ghosts away—"the ghosts of all the things I done wrong" (14.22). Opal finds it hard to believe Gloria did so many things wrong, being as nice as she is. Show 1 more annotation
Well, there's a reason Gloria uses alcohol bottles: they're all bottles she drank clean. Opal whispers that her mom was a drinker that couldn't stop. Gloria was a drinker, too, but she stopped.
Still, alcohol didn't cause all the bad things she did.
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Otis says he plays to make them happy, and he lets them out of their cages to help them escape being locked up. He knows what it's like to be locked up because he was once in jail himself. Sorry, what?!
Seeing Sweetie Pie and her mama makes Opal think of her own mama, and all the stories she's been collecting to tell her someday: Otis and his music, Miss Franny and the bear, and Gloria Dump, who Opal almost believed was a witch.
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He explains that a pathological fear is one "you can't be talked out of or reasoned out of" (11.17). Think Indiana Jones and snakes.
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Gloria Dump admits to Opal that she can't see very well, so she needs Opal to tell her everything about her, "so as I can see you with my heart" (9.40). Opal does.
Feb 18, 2016
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"While the field of our flag must be new in the details of its design, it need not be entirely new in its elements," suggested Franklin.
His proposal was received enthusiastically by others in the group, including George Washington.
On January 1, 1776, only 20 days after the dinner, Washington hoisted this national flag for the first time at Prospect Hill, near Cambridge, Massachusetts. The flag had 13 alternating red and white stripes, with the Union Jack in the upper left corner. It was called the Grand Union flag.
Feb 18, 2016
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The overtures of the First Continental Congress in 1774 came to nothing
many members of the Second Continental Congress of Philadelphia followed the leadership of John Hancock, John Adams, and Samuel Adams in demanding independence.
On June 11, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston (see under Livingston), and Roger Sherman were instructed to draft such a declaration; the actual writing was entrusted to Jefferson.
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the bell first earned its place as a symbol of American liberty on July 8, 1776.
On July 6, leaders of the government met again and decided to announce that the declaration had been signed.
At some point on July 8, probably at about 11 o'clock in the morning, the great bell in the State House steeple started pealing, calling citizens of Philadelphia to the public square for what was sure to be an important announcement.
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It has greeted millions of immigrants at the entrance to New York Harbor.
The people of France gave the statue to the people of the United States. It commemorates the friendship between the two countries during the American Revolution.
The 151-foot-tall statue was shipped in pieces from France, assembled, and dedicated in 1876.
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The White House then became the first public building erected in Washington, D.C.
The cornerstone was laid on Oct. 13, 1792, and the building was essentially completed in 1800, when John Adams and his family began to reside there in November
During the War of 1812, British troops set fire to the structure on Aug. 4, 1814, destroying the interior.
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The White House then became the first public building erected in Washington, D.C.
The cornerstone was laid on Oct. 13, 1792, and the building was essentially completed in 1800, when John Adams and his family began to reside there in November.
During the War of 1812, British troops set fire to the structure on Aug. 4, 1814, destroying the interior.
Feb 18, 2016
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